Hamas, Jihad Seize UNRWA

Middle East Newsline

August 17, 2014

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Hamas and Islamic Jihad have captured the UnitedNations agency to care for Palestinian refugees, a report said. The Center for Near East Policy Research asserted that Hamas and Jihadcontrolled the UN Refugee and Works Agency in the Gaza Strip. In a report,the U.S.-based center said Hamas operatives were in control of UNRWA's laborunion and that refugee camps served as a recruiting ground for Islamistfighters.